Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-04
FASHIONABLE Or OTHERWISE.

REAL amber necklaces are very much
worn with evening toilets.
LIGHT tan-colored gloves of Danish
kid are still used with dresses Of any
color.
FINE delicate sprays of pale.blue
flowers are extremely popular milii-
merry garnitures.
BAsoUEs are made in every shape
round, long, or short, cut in points be-
hind, or like the coat-tails Of our
grandfathers, position fashion, or
with short, double square tabs st each
side, like q Russian soldiers coat, or
like the jacket of an artillery officer.
Then there are new peplum bas1ues,
the sides of which, in some instances,
reach quite to the foot of the dress
skirt.
NOTHING much simpler than some of
the new French spring costumes in
camel's hair, silk etamine, or cash
mere could be devised, and yet there
is nothing more essentially Partisan,
to their minutest details, than these
very gowns. Most dressmakers can
produce a complicated toilet, laden
with garnitures of various kinds and
sorts, but few, and those most prac-
ticed and gifted, can capably design g.
dress that shall be at once simple, yet
irreproachable in it's effect.
ALL styles of corsage are worn. The
belted waist appears upon the list,
and has succeeded in establishing it.
self among the favored styles, though
this sort of bodice is really designed
more for transparent summer goods
than for heavier materials; therefore
the fashion will be still more largely
followed than it is at present. Mean
while the half belt is ventured upon
by many, this confined to the sides
and front only. There are also i'm
ported costly silver bells in old Gre.
clan, Swiss and Roman designs, with
silver chains, to which are hung odd
ornaments, charms, parasol clasps,
and other appendages.
In colored short wraps is a new
model, shaped like miniature visite.
This, for instance, has a golden fawn-
colored corded silk front and back,
which is nothing more than pointed
shoulder cape, the points in each case
reaching few inches below the waist
line. Applied to this are shoulder
pieces, made either of golden brown
lace from twelve to fourteen inches
deep or of diamond-patterneds silk net,
dotted over with golden bronze orna-
ments and edged with silk cord and
bronze fringes. The plain silk portion
of the wrap Is also embroidered in
bronze beadwork in special designs.
The chic and pretty little English
topcoats are highly popular. Some
are loose-fronted, others semi. fitting,
and others close-ftting. They are
made chiefly in self-colored cloths, the
colors most in vogue being drab,
stone, fawn, doe color, blush gray,
and certain odd shades of brown.
These trim coverings are intended to
be worn over utility dresses when
something protective is needed, but
they were never intended for dressy &C.
casions. Just at present small toy
mansles made of jetted black lace and
beaded shoulder ornaments are worn
with handsome visiting, carriage, and
other toilets, to the exclusion of near.
ly all other styles OF wrap in black.
SILK FINISHED corduroy suits are
quite fashionable this season, espe-
cially in pale terra Gotta, golden
brown, and the many shades of gray.
Costumes made of these goods are fin
ished In regular tailor fashion, with
short English jackets Substituted on
the edges, and fastened with ham
few stylish suits of this material are
shown, made with q plain skirt edged
at the foot with a deep band of ap-
plique in silk braidwork. The shep-
herdess tunic is untrimmed, and the
cutaway coat opens over vest of
pale yellow pique, decorated with the
silk applique bands, which are invari
ably darker than the corduroy goods.
THE new exquisitely fine French
cashmeres-many of which are soft,
bright, and flexible as silk-are this
season more tempting than ever, which
is saying a great deal. These goods
are the perfection of wear for demi-
season and demi-toilet uses, and are
found to combine more effectively
with surah, faille Franchise, and like
popular silks than any other of the
varied spring and early summer fab
RIGS of light wool. A silk skirt, killed
or otherwise trimmed, with long
French polonaise, draped high on the
sides en- jabot, with facings of silk
(matching the skirt materiaD showing
beneath, forms a costume at once be-
coming, ladylike, and elegant. Very
charming afternoon dresses are also
made of the cashmere alone. These
are extremely popular in Paris at the
present time, and are fashionably
worn there in pale Nilegreen, primrose
yellow, heliotrope, ocean blue, golden
lawn, and g. host OF other neutral
tints In silver, dove, winter sky, mush-
room, zoe color, and the Ike. His
torical and other unique gowns are
more frequently made of these textiles
than OF any other material, for the
reason that TREY lend themselves to
the most def and intricate drapings.
Indeed, French cashmere has an art
OF draping itself, and of naturally fall
ing into the most artistic staGuesque
folds and curves.
OuI0ns Carried 600 MiyoS